issues, and she s bringing all of those skills to the plate in dealing with libya. hillary clinton is the nation s top diplomat, but she s also a politician, and she s using both of those skills in dealing with libya. as french fighter jets hit the skies over libya, even secretary of state hillary clinton seems stunned by how quickly events were unfolds. this is a fluid and fast-moving situation, which may be the understatement of the time. reporter: it was just over a month ago that libya pro-democracy demonstrators took to the streets of tripoli and the country ice iron-fisted moammar gadhafi issued a crackdown. secretary hillary clinton issued the first u.s. response. the world is watching the situation in libya, she said, with alarm. the opposition, although making gains was massively outgunned.